Thursday, March 20, 2025

WPD investigate fatal stabbing

Police are looking into a fatal stabbing that took place Thursday morning on Mercer Ave. (Courtesy Wilmington Police Department)

WILMINGTON — Local law enforcement are looking into a lethal incident that took place Thursday morning.

Around 8 a.m., Wilmington Police Department responded to an incident where they found a deceased male who was stabbed on Mercer Avenue in the 500 block. According to police, the incident is isolated.

They continue to investigate the homicide.


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Shea Carver
Shea Carver
Shea Carver is the editor in chief at Port City Daily. A UNCW alumna, Shea worked in the print media business in Wilmington for 22 years before joining the PCD team in October 2020. She specializes in arts coverage — music, film, literature, theatre — the dining scene, and can often be tapped on where to go, what to do and who to see in Wilmington. When she isn’t hanging with her pup, Shadow Wolf, tending the garden or spinning vinyl, she’s attending concerts and live theater.

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